ततस्तेषां तु यो ज्येष्ठो मांसादः प्रत्युवाच तम् । कृतांजलिपुटो भूत्वा विनयावनतः स्थितः
tatasteṣāṃ tu yo jyeṣṭho māṃsādaḥ pratyuvāca tam | kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā vinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ
मग त्यांच्यातील ज्येष्ठ—मांसभक्षक—त्याला उत्तर देऊ लागला; हात जोडून, विनयाने नतमस्तक होऊन तो उभा राहिला।
Eldest of the three pretas (māṃsādaḥ)
Even fearsome beings may acknowledge rightful authority and humility; karmic suffering can produce reverence and openness to dharmic remedy.
Not mentioned in this verse; it introduces the speaking preta who will likely connect their plight to tīrtha-based expiation.
None explicitly; the posture of añjali signals supplication and the start of instructive discourse.